George (Gia) Maisashvili ( Georgian : ?????? [???] ?????????? ) (November 24, 1962 ? February 26, 2018) was a Georgian economist , human rights activist and politician . He was a presidential candidate in the Georgian presidential election of 2008 . He was born in Tbilisi .

After the Georgian Civil War and the overthrowing of the democratically elected government by Eduard Shevardnadze in 1992, Maisashvili was forced to flee the country and was granted a political asylum by the United States . ^[1]

Maisashvili died in Tbilisi on February 26, 2018 of colorectal cancer at the age of 55. ^[2]

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